WANTED DESPERATELY: William Browder Released by Spanish Police, Despite Thievery Committed in Russia

"I'm released, my mission carries on", commented economist William Browder after being released from detainment. In Russia, he's been sentenced in absence for tax evasion. He's wanted by the international authorities. Why didn't the Spanish police arrest him then? Vladimir Sedov with the details. The British billionaire William Browder was detained in Madrid per the request of Russia's Office of the Prosecutor General. The detainee himself tweeted the news around 10 a.m. Moscow time. "I’m in the back of the Spanish police car going to the station on the Russian arrest warrant. They won't tell me which station". After that, Browder started posting regular updates. However, the story didn't last for long. The slippery economist didn't spend much time in detainment. The Spanish police informed Browder about Russia's interest in him and his invitation to the Tverskoy Court in Moscow. However, after a call from the Interpol HQ in Lyon the Spanish police had to release the man and apologize to him. The rejoiced economist was quick to share the happy news with his followers. He said that he didn't come to Spain empty-handed. Browder allegedly had evidence of criminal activities of the so-called Russian mafia. "Ironically, the reason I'm in Madrid is to give evidence to the Spanish prosecutor Jose Grinda about the huge amounts of money from the Magnitsky case that flowed to Spain. Now that I'm released, my mission carries on. Meeting with Prosecutor Grinda now". The exiled billionaire posted in his Twitter that it was the sixth attempt of the Russian law enforcers to force him to into an interrogation. In 2015, the United States District Court had to play tag with the nimble economist. The billionaire wasn't fast enough. In the end, he had to meet with lawyers of the Russian company that accused him of libel. William Browder was pretending he didn't understand what they wanted from him. He answered all questions with "I don't know" and "I don't understand". He said those words 260 times. Last time, Browder was detained in Geneva where he spent three weeks telling about his business in Russia at a business forum. He omitted the shady schemes, the disabled people who officially owned his garbage companies, and the fact that he's been convicted twice for tax fraud. However, just like their Spanish counterparts, the Swiss border guards just informed him that Russia requested information. A years-long relationship and family ties connect William Browder to Russia. His grandfather used to run the US communist party and his grandmother was born in Leningrad. Browder was perfectly aware of the economic situation in Russia in the 90's. The times were very convenient for various foreign specialists. William Browder headed the Hermitage Capital Fund. From 1995 to 2007 he was the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia. Browder built an impressive fraud network of organizations that were deliberately going bankrupt to avoid paying taxes. Maxim Dergachyov, financial analyst: "According to his scheme, the network of Russian shell companies was buying shares for lower market prices and re-selling them to offshore shell companies in Cyprus that were owned by the residents of the foreign state". When the prosecution tried to arrest the sly Brit he left the country leaving his business to the auditor Sergey Magnitsky whose tragic death in the detention center gave Browder a chance to promote his business. Browder is now telling at various conferences that Sergey Magnitsky was killed because he was fighting corruption. His hypocrisy was exposed by a Russian director Andrey Nekrasov, who made a film about Magnitsky. At first, he based his research on Browder's words but later understood that he was lying. Andrey Nekrasov, director: "Sergey Magnitsky is Browder's victim. He was his victim before he died because Browder shifted responsibility for his crimes on to Magnitsky. But I believe he was Browder's victim even after he died. Because grief was also cynically exploited by Browder." Russia has enough evidence to prove Browder's machinations. He seems to be perfectly aware of that. That's why he's trying to avoid the Russian justice. However, his case managed to reach the court. The trial was held in absence of the defendant. William Browder was sentenced to 20 years in prison in absence. The Tverskoy Court found him guilty of evading 4 billion rubles in taxes. Unfortunately, the sly economist hides it from his Twitter followers. The Russian law enforcers aren't going to give up. Which means the subject of the British Crown will always have trouble crossing state borders. Vladimir Sedov and Vitaly Karmazin Vesti: Call Center.